I recently found the need to understand the 802.11 standards in detail and was shocked to discover how difficult it is to access IEEE standards. I even work for

I recently found the need to understand the 802.11 standards in detail and was shocked to discover how difficult it is to access IEEE standards. I even work for $BIGCORP, with institutional access to various IEEE publications, but 802.11 isn't part of our subscription. I'd venture a guess that much of 802.11's security is by way of obscurity.